Kate Mooney

The Harp Bar’s fireplace and an outdoor beer garden make it an Irish bar for all seasons.

Yellow Hook Grille’s outdoor picnic tables make for great people-watching while supping from a comfort-infused menu.

Skinflints, 7902 5th Ave. (at 79th Street), Bay Ridge, 718-745-1116 Website What it is: Bay Ridge neighborhood bar and restaurant with an old -world charm. Why […]

Tamaqua Bar and Grill 84 Ebony Court (Between Channel and Bijou Avenues) Gerritsen Beach 718-646-9212  Website What it is: Family-owned bar and […]

Peggy O’Neill’s 1904 Surf Avenue (Between W. 16th and W. 17th) Coney Island 718-449-3200 Twitter • Facebook • Website What it is: Year-round Coney […]

Over the Eight 594 Union Avenue (at Richardson), Williamsburg No phone Facebook • Twitter • Website What it is: Modern public house […]

Ruby’s Bar and Grill 1213 Riegelmann Boardwalk (Between W. 12th and Stillwell Ave) Coney Island 718-975-7829 *open seasonally Twitter • Facebook • Website What […]

Freak Bar 1208 Surf Avenue (Corner of W. 12th Street) Coney Island Twitter • Website What it is: The bar and museum on the […]

Hunter’s Bar 213 Smith St. (Baltic and Butler) Boerum Hill Website • Instagram • Twitter • Facebook What it is: Classic cocktail bar and New American […]

Caracas Rockaway 106-01 Shorefront Parkway (Between Beach 105 and 106) Rockaway Beach Twitter • Website What it is: Summertime Rockaway Beach outpost of […]